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Microsoft Owns the Trademark for “X”

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Re: Microsoft Owns the Trademark for “X”

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Post by AceJohnny2 »

s1artibartfast wrote: post #87
AceJohnny2 wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because I need to vent... I dreamt this morning that I was berating ElMo for being off his meds and making billion-dollar decisions while in manic phase. For months. I'm actually pretty annoyed that I would even dream about it. I detest the expression, but this is a perfect example of "living rent-free in someone's head". I need to get off the internet.

It's fascinating how people can't just ignore Elon, especially the people that don't even use/like Twitter. Life is a lot easier if you just think "I don't care about" this and scroll past. Yet here we are, as I understanding the trademark to X will somehow matter in our personal lives or make us happy

I mean, that's exactly what I'm frustrated about. I wish I could ignore him, but like Trump before, he succeeds in constantly grabbing media attention and plastering himself over all the headlines.

Re: Microsoft Owns the Trademark for “X”

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Post by [deleted] »

evandale wrote: post #95
s1artibartfast wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's fascinating how people can't just ignore Elon, especially the people that don't even use/like Twitter. Life is a lot easier if you just think "I don't care about" this and scroll past. Yet here we are, as I understanding the trademark to X will somehow matter in our personal lives or make us happy

There is something about successful men who get away with giving the finger to the woke crowd that _really_ tick people off.

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Re: Microsoft Owns the Trademark for “X”

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Post by snoochyboochies »

hsjqllzlfkf wrote: post #88
snoochyboochies wrote: post #72

I have no idea of the legalities of this. Personally, I feel the rebrand of Twitter to X was a pretty dumb move. However like most discourse nowadays, I can't trust a single take on any of this. It's all predictably far more political than fact-based in a sort of self-fulfilling, postmodern, prophesy. Digg was utterly destroyed by this. Then Reddit, which has not died, but is utterly captured and zombified. HackerNew…

What is this about reddit being zombified? Dont they have huge traffic?

The once hilarious, once satirical, r/pyongyang subreddit is now unironically an influential bastion of Communist propaganda. Its contributors are no longer ironic or ban-posting - they are true believers, and they're indistinguishable from the moderators of most all major subreddits & the corporate overlords who tacitly support them. At this point, none even bother to pretend they believe in "free speech" as a human right.

The "you have now been banned by r/pyongyang" punchline is now far more relevant to any subreddit, thread or comment that is not sufficiently left wing (as defined by current date/time).

Reddit is "democratic" insofar as the most upvoted thread/comment makes it to the top, right? No. Around 2016, something happened. (Won't speculate here). Now every default subreddit is run/moderated by explicitly far left wing activists. All non-default subreddits with any level of popularity is similarly run/moderated by explicitly far left wing activists. If it ain't far left Tumblr leftist, it's right wing, and it shall be either annexed by a left wing mod and converted or outright banned.

I'd love to hear HN's strategy to combat this. It is truly nuts. But at this point, we all expect it.

Re: Microsoft Owns the Trademark for “X”

#104

Post by winddude »

ehhthing wrote: post #42
eccodown wrote: post #31

X owns the trademark for "X" simply by using it, whether it was registered with a trademark office or not. It certainly doesn't hurt that Elon's company registered X.com in 1993, then he purchased it from Paypal in 2017 and has been using it in various capacities since then.

They owned the trademark for X scoped to banking and financial services. Meta owns the trademark scoped to social media.

and it sounds like the logo is just a unicode character https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+1D54F>, or from a standard font https://catalog.monotype.com/font/monotype/special-alphabets...>.

Re: Microsoft Owns the Trademark for “X”

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Post by [deleted] »

TX81Z wrote: post #97
jallen_dot_dev wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know you're being sarcastic, but it's shocking how many people think he's actually a genius and all his missteps are really galaxy-brain maneuvers we just don't understand yet. Like, there are millions of them.

It just fails basic logic, I seriously don’t understand on any level.

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Re: Microsoft Owns the Trademark for “X”

#107

Post by brucethemoose2 »

AceJohnny2 wrote: post #101
s1artibartfast wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's fascinating how people can't just ignore Elon, especially the people that don't even use/like Twitter. Life is a lot easier if you just think "I don't care about" this and scroll past. Yet here we are, as I understanding the trademark to X will somehow matter in our personal lives or make us happy

I mean, that's exactly what I'm frustrated about. I wish I could ignore him, but like Trump before, he succeeds in constantly grabbing media attention and plastering himself over all the headlines.

Deliberate or not, its a good strategy.

There's no such thing as bad attention... Not anymore.

Re: Microsoft Owns the Trademark for “X”

#108

Post by RF_Savage »

jallen_dot_dev wrote: post #79
TX81Z wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Elon had this planned out from the start, 50 steps ahead. Make an outrageously high bid on a site with no consistent profit, try desperately to get out of the deal, and fail (as a misdirection of course), alienate power users, kill 50% of revenue, totally nuke site reliability, lose all the top talent, and of course, rack up a pile of lawsuits a mile deep. And only THEN, blow everybody’s mind by jettisoning a brand s…

I know you're being sarcastic, but it's shocking how many people think he's actually a genius and all his missteps are really galaxy-brain maneuvers we just don't understand yet. Like, there are millions of them.

Can't wait to see the promised payment part of "x".

It's gona have crypto and KYC, doesn't it?

Conveniently the advertizers will likely like the additional info.

As will regimes like the saudis.

Re: Microsoft Owns the Trademark for “X”

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Post by RF_Savage »

arcticbull wrote: post #82
CydeWeys wrote: post #69

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Lots of people/companies own a trademark on X. It's a very common TM. I mean it is a single letter after all!

Absolutely, but. If Microsoft owns it in the context of social media, that changes everything. Sure there's a Delta Airlines and a Delta Faucets. If I wanted to start Delta Carpentry of Iowa that wouldn't be an issue. However, if I bought Alaska Airlines, woke up tomorrow and rebranded it Delta - you can be sure they'd fly their lawyers out to Anchorage out on a Gulfstream. [edit] Meta -> Microsoft, from tfa. My bad.

Also Delta fans and Delta power supplies. Tons of them.

Re: Microsoft Owns the Trademark for “X”

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Post by ionwake »

AceJohnny2 wrote: post #53
TX81Z wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Elon had this planned out from the start, 50 steps ahead. Make an outrageously high bid on a site with no consistent profit, try desperately to get out of the deal, and fail (as a misdirection of course), alienate power users, kill 50% of revenue, totally nuke site reliability, lose all the top talent, and of course, rack up a pile of lawsuits a mile deep. And only THEN, blow everybody’s mind by jettisoning a brand s…

Because I need to vent... I dreamt this morning that I was berating ElMo for being off his meds and making billion-dollar decisions while in manic phase. For months. I'm actually pretty annoyed that I would even dream about it. I detest the expression, but this is a perfect example of "living rent-free in someone's head". I need to get off the internet.

I thought you literally meant Elmo and I found it hilarious.

But srsly bro you shouldn’t be dreaming about celebrities.

To be clear - I’m just agreeing that we could all benefit from being offline . I shouldn’t even be online at 2am!

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